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Vehicle 50161 / 53161


Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150 hp / Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30253
Diagram: 620

Allocations

17/12/56 New to 56G (Hammerton Street)
Dec-67Depot code change55F
4w/e 25/05/68 Transferred to 55H (Neville Hill)
May-71 Transferred to 32A (Norwich)
May-73Depot code changeNO
Sep-73Depot code changeNR
w/e 18/10/75 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
2w/e 22/02/76 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
circa May-84 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
2w/e 14/05/86 Transferred to NL (Neville Hill)
May-87 Transferred to BG (Hull Botanic Gardens)
Oct-87 Transferred to HT (Heaton)
03/11/88 Withdrawn from HT (Heaton)

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50161 - original number
53161 - from 1984 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

circa Mar-87 - Leyland engines fitted

Refurbished

At Doncaster Works dated 03/05/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50155 50161 As delivered to 56G - 17th December 1956
50155 59075 50161 Noted February 1957
50155 59062 50161 Noted 22nd April 1957
50155 50161 Noted circa January 1958
50154 50161 Noted 20/12/66 - at Huddersfield1
50154 50161 Noted 06/04/67 - at York1
50258 50161 Noted 03/04/71 - at Leeds1
50258 50161 Noted 02/06/71 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50222 50161 Noted 03/09/71 - at March1
50222 59531 50161 Noted 24/06/72 - at Norwich3
50222 59531 50161 Noted 20/08/1972 - at Birmingham New Street4
83 50222 59531 50161 Noted 06/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
83 50222 59531 50161 Noted 13/10/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
83 50222 59531 50161 Noted 24/11/73 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50222 59531 50161 Noted 02/1974 - at Peterborough4
50222 59531 50161 Noted 30/05/1974 - at Birmingham New Street5
50222 59531 50161 Noted 15/06/74 - at Peterborough1
50222 59531 50161 Noted 07/07/74 - at Birmingham New Street1
83 50222 59531 50161 Listed at NR - 19/07/75
50258 59542 50161 Noted 10/09/1975 - at Ely4
50258 59542 50161 Noted 13/09/75 - at Bury St Edmunds2
50161 59075 59306 50169 Noted 09/07/1976 - Scarborough-Chester (8-car)6
50161 59075 59306 50169 Noted circa 01/19777
50161 59306 59075 50169 Noted 06/06/82 - at Skipton
50169 59075 59108 50161 Noted circa 10/19827
50169 59075 59108 50161 Noted circa 02/19837
53161 59101 59075 53169 Noted circa 06/1983 - Lancaster7
53169 59075 59101 53161 Noted circa 07/19837
53293 53161 Noted 26/09/85
53169 59075 53161 Noted 27/09/19867
53169 59075 53161 Noted 31/10/19867
53161 59075 53169 Noted 01/05/87 - at York2
53252 53161 Noted 11/06/88 - on 12:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service8
53258 53161 Noted 13/07/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service8
53258 53161 Noted 22/07/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Middlesbrough service8
53258 53161 Noted 22/07/88 - on 16:58 Middlesbrough - Newcastle service8
53258 53161 Noted 23/07/88 - on 16:30 Newcastle - Carlisle service8
51243 53161 Noted 20/08/88 - on 15:17 Newcastle - Carlisle service with 53749 + 532058

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Ipswich Transport Society
4: Peter Wallwork
5: Jeremy Goodyear
6: Chris Moxon
7: Eddie Knorn
8: Graeme Phillips

Images:

Class 101 DMU at Doncaster Works

circa May 1976

Freshly refurbished Class 101 DMCL E50161 at Doncaster Works. Undated, the refurbish date for the vehicle is 3 May 1976 and the slide process date was June 1976. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 101 DMU at York

26th July 1980

Berthed overnight in the 'Harrogate line' bay, platform 13 at York, on 26th July 1980 was this four car Metropolitan-Cammell class 101 DMU set, Nos.50161-59306-59075-50638, adding splendidly to the fumes under the magnificent overall roof. Thankfully the doors were not locked on this unit and one of the trailer cars provided a useful refuge during the quieter moments of my 'all-nighter' at York. Gordon Edgar.

Class 101 DMU at Grosmont

26th September 1985

Class 101 Metropolitan-Cammell unit E53161 and E53293 approach Grosmont on 26-09-85. Vincent Haworth.

Class 101 DMU at Sheffield

1987

Class 101 DMS(L) E53161 is seen at Sheffield in 1987, as part of a power-twin formation. It has the Tyne & Wear PTE logo, suggesting it had been recently transferred from the north-east. Graeme Phillips Collection.

Class 101 DMU at Snailwell

25th September 1990

E53161 in Snailwell on 25th September 1990. Nicholas Youngman.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: 9th July 1976

An unusual photo showing a very long formation formed neatly of Class 101 & 108 vehicles all carrying the short lived refurbishment livery. The occasion was a schools special from Scarborough to Chester returning through Helsby, 9/7/76. The 8-car formation was 50169/59306/59075/50161, 56191/50619 & 51230/56369. Anthony Griffiths.

DMU

Date: 6th June 1982

Met-Camm four-car set E50169 + E59075 + E59306 + E50161 with a Dalesrail service in Skipton station on June 6th, 1982. John Carter.

DMU

Date: 4th March 1987

A Class 101 formed of DMCL 53169, TBSL 59075, and DMCL 53161 is seen in Carnforth station with the 12.31 Leeds - Lancaster on 4 May 1987. Dave Warby Collection.